Drizzt was startled, let go of the reins, and picked up the lantern to shine.
This stone statue was undoubtedly the same as what they had seen before.
"Or are there many similar stone statues along this road to confuse people?"
He illuminated the stone statue, and there was a gap on the head of the strange, religious stone statue.
The gap was exactly where Lu Tiao's crowbar knocked it off.
"..."
Both of them fell silent.
"I originally thought nothing would happen at the wedding, but now it seems that just attending the wedding in Qushui Town is already very difficult."
Drizzt sighed.
"At least we weren't attacked."
Lu Tan added.
As soon as he finished speaking, Drizzt saw that there seemed to be a figure behind the stone statue.
The man's figure was no different from that of a normal person, but his face still had deep wrinkles and his eyes were protruding, like a fish.
He only wore an undershirt on his upper body, revealing his dark and strong body. This was not the kind of muscles that were toned and sculpted, but a figure that had indeed been working hard day after day.
The man stood behind the stone statue, looking directly at the carriage, at Lu Tiao, and at Drizzt.
"Do you know how to get to Dry Water Town?"
Lu Tan immediately asked.
"Wither, water, town, go, forward."
The man pointed ahead, into the dark mist.
His voice was word by word, like a jammed repeater.
[Last Words] appeared in Lu Tan's hand. He listened carefully, but still didn't hear the other person's heartbeat.
After thinking for a while, Lu Tiao picked up the crowbar and got out of the carriage.
"Hey, be careful."
Drizzt reminded him.
His feet stepped on the hard and cold gravel road, and the bone-chilling chill seemed to be transmitted through his shoes. Lu Trip took a flashlight and came to the stone statue. The fog became thicker and thicker, and the carriage and Drizzt behind him were covered with a thin layer.
Yasha, Lu Tiao didn't get very close, and he still grabbed the rope on the horse's body with one hand.
"We are going to Dry Water Town."
Lu Tan repeated.
"Wither, water, town, go, forward."
The man repeated.
"Which way should we go?"
Lu Tan asked again.
"Take this road."
The man pointed to the gravel path under his feet.
"No, we are going to Dry Water Town, and this road will only turn back."
Lu Tan said something.
"Wither, water, town, go, forward."
The man repeated persistently.
"Can this road really lead to Dry Water Town?"
Lu Tiao confirmed it.
"Take this road."
The man said numbly.
"..."
Lu Tan turned back and glanced at Drizzt. He was also helpless.
After thinking for a while, Lu Tan started to ask.
"How to get to Erxian Bridge?"
The man was stunned for a moment, then pointed to the gravel path underground.
"Take this road."
Hearing this sentence, Lu Jian was already very clear.
This person, or the people in these fogs, probably only have some simple reactions and have no cognition and intelligence of their own at all.
In other words, it is not certain whether these people are still alive.
Lu Tan shone his flashlight on the man's face. For an ordinary person, this would be very rude, but the other man did not react and just stood there numbly.
Lu Tan raised the crowbar and slowly poked the opponent's shoulder.
Just when the crowbar was about to touch the man's shoulder, a hand suddenly stretched out and grabbed Lu Tiao's crowbar.
Those are not this man's hands.
Looking to the side along the bony arm, Lu Jian saw another person who looked different from the former, but had the same big eyes and a face full of wrinkles.
The light of the flashlight shone back, and Lu Jian saw that behind the two people, there were more people like them.
These people seemed to have been standing here since ancient times, not moving at all, only looking at Lu Jiao with their protruding huge eyes.
Perhaps, when the previous coachman got out of the car to urinate, when Lu Jian and Drizzt were observing in front of the stone statue, when the carriage was driving in this dark and silent night, on the roadside, under the ruins of those buildings
Inside, on the weeds and graves, in the thick, invisible fog, these people stood quietly, staring at them.
"Come back soon."
Drizzt shouted, the revolver in his hand ready to fire.
His vision was blurry. This scene was undoubtedly creepy. There were so many things that were similar to humans but not at all human. It made Drizzt feel dizzy. Only the coldness of the metal in his hands could calm him down a little.
.
You can tell without checking that Drizzt's sanity must have been reduced by at least three points.
"etc."
Lu Tiao took half a step back and could see that some people were covered by the mist and disappeared from sight.
He looked at the people in front of him. These guys had no intention of moving forward into the light and were still standing where they were.
"Do you know the Black Queen Mother?"
Lu Tan asked.
After hearing Lu Tiao's words, everyone's eyes twitched and turned to Lu Tiao.
"Black, King, Mother."
Their voices rose and fell one after another, continuously.
Immediately, the person at the beginning had an expression on his face for the first time.
That's fear.
Lu Jian saw that his facial features were distorted, showing emotions of fear, awe, and panic.
"ah......"
The man let out a whimper and then backed away as if avoiding a trip.
Several people made the same sound, gradually retreated, and disappeared into the heavy fog.
"The Black Queen?"
Drizzt seemed to have never heard of this term.
"Do you know the [Black Queen Mother's Mercy Statue]?"
Lu Tian returned to the car and asked.
Drizzt shook his head.
"This seems to be a religious belief in some areas of the Kingdom of Darkness, or in the areas near Dry Water Town. It is an evil religion and may have a tradition of sacrificing living people."
Lu Jian revealed the information he obtained from the [Black Queen Mother's Statue of Mercy].
"Oh, this kind of enemy is not uncommon in the Quiet Land... Wait, this is your first time in the Kingdom of Darkness, how do you know this? Could it be..."
Drizzt looked Lu Tan up and down.
"Have you ever used [Madman's Knowledge]?"
"Well, for this mission, I used it twice, so I know some mission-related knowledge."
Lu Tun nodded.
"...twice, no, this mission?"
Drizzt's eyes looked a little strange.
"[Madman's Knowledge] Although it is possible to obtain foreign knowledge, including mission content and some extraordinary messages, it is more of maddening knowledge. The mere contact with this knowledge that humans cannot understand is a kind of pollution..."
..”
He was a little sad.
"I wasn't sensible before, so I used [Madman's Knowledge] once, and the result..."
Drizzt seemed to still remember the experience at that time and was unwilling to mention it too much.
"You have used [Madman's Knowledge] twice and it should have been contaminated to a certain extent. Be careful. If your sanity is reduced to a certain level, it may be eroded or even transformed into a monster..."
"How do you think these tasks are so difficult? Mortals are exposed to forbidden knowledge, contaminated, and their sanity is eroded. Later, they are alienated and become monsters..."
"The difficulty of the mission is the limit to which the Chosen One may fall in this mission."